Blackamoors may refer to: *

Blackamoor (decorative arts) Blackamoor is a type of figure in European decorative art, from the Early Modern period, depicting a black man. Common examples of items and objects decorated in the blackamoor style include sculpture, jewellery, and furniture. Typically the scu ...

, stylized depictions of black Africans in the decorative arts and jewelry *

Blackmoor (campaign setting) Blackmoor is a fantasy role-playing game campaign setting generally associated with the game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. It originated in the early 1970s as the personal setting of Dave Arneson, the co-creator of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', first as a ...

, a fantasy roleplaying game campaign setting * ''Blackmoor'' (supplement), a 1975 supplementary rulebook for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *

Blackamoor, Lancashire Blackamoor is one village in Lancashire, England which is to the south of Blackburn. It is located on the cross roads between Lower Darwen and Guide where the B6231 crosses the old “Roman Road” from Manchester to Ribchester Ribchest ...

, a village in England * Blacka Moor, a moor in South Yorkshire, England *

Black tetra The black tetra (''Gymnocorymbus ternetzi''), also known as the black skirt tetra, petticoat tetra, high-fin black skirt tetra, black widow tetra and blackamoor, is a freshwater fish of the characin family (Characidae). It is native to the Parag ...

, a small fish also called a blackamoor (''Gymnocorymbus ternetzi'') *

Black Moor goldfish The telescope eye () is a goldfish characterised by its protruding eyes.Andrews, Chris. An Interpet Guide to Fancy Goldfish, Interpet Publishing, 2002. - Johnson, Dr. Erik L., D.V.M. and Richard E. Hess. Fancy Goldfish: A Complete Guide to Care a ...

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The Moor of Peter the Great ''The Moor of Peter the Great'' (russian: Арап Петра Великого, 'The Blackamoor of Peter the Great'' or ''The Negro of Peter the Great'') is an unfinished historical novel by Alexander Pushkin. Written in 1827–1828 and first publ ...

'', sometimes translated as ''The Blackamoor of Peter the Great'' * ''

Blackamoores ''Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins'' is a 2013 non-fiction book by British historian and writer Onyeka Nubia which explores the history of Black people in Tudor-era England. Based on a study of 250,0 ...

'', a 2013 book *

Moor's head A Moor's head, since the 11th century, is a symbol depicting the head of a black moor. Origin The precise origin of the Moor's head is a subject of controversy. But the most likely explanation is that it is derived from the heraldic war flag ...

or Maure, stylized depictions of black Africans in heraldry, sometimes called Blackamoors *

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...

, Muslims of Spain and North Africa

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